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South Slavey
Etymology
Cognate with Dogrib sǫǫ̀.
Pronunciation
Noun
shǫ (stem -yǫ-)
- old age
- shǫ ɂayįlá ― (s)he is old (literally, “old age has him/her”)
Inflection
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 161
- Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 178